The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-07-28
A Chapter About Eyes.
Mary F. Murphy III St. Louis Magazine
BLUE EYES.

MARY F. Murphy in St. Louis Magazine.
BLUE EYES.
Eyes express all the sentiments
which the human heart is capable OF
feeling. They are independent. They
look where they please, and when they
please. They ask no favors, respect
no position, and bow to no aristocracy.
First in the list come the "bonnie
eyes of blue" In their depths we
readily trace gentsl ness, purity, obe-
dience and candor. They have a
haunting fawn-like expression which
tis in itself a charm. Oh, bewildering
blue eyes! Artists love them best of
all, and poets pay them charming
tributes.
Blue eyes, SO meek and loving, yet
SO coy. They are the eyes for the
fireside angel,-rcmember this, azure
eyed maidens. The blue eyed, naxen
haired wife! The calm, loving, blue
eyed mother!
Where is the man SO granite hearted
as to gaze raptureless upon a little
blue-eyed fairy, with hair of pale spun
gold, and manners Charmingly pl-
quaint? He does not exist! | can
readily understand why noble, high
minded man, will risk his life for such
radiant being, and why he will press
onward, though his path lead him
through seas of fire and blood, if blue
eyes but glance beseechingiy; also why
he will climb the steep and rugged hill
of Fame uniIinchingly, if from its sum-
nit, blue eyes look down in kindly
sympathy.
GRAY EYES.
Gray eyes follow where duty leads.
They indicate better head than heart,
and are just the eyes to follow a ca
reer in spite Of obstacles. They look
around the sharp corners of life, never
give up, and always surmount difficult
ties. The gray-eyed woman can make
her own way in the world she can
say "yes'' and mean it, and ono"
and stand firmly to it. A gray-eyed
man never blows out his brains when
he fails in business. He has an iron
will, and begins again.
Gray-eyed people are cool and col
lected in time of danger conscientious
and true. 1t is the eyes for a kind
physician, for an enduring friend.
And what about the Size? Well,
large eyes are considered necessary to
the highest order of beauty. OF course
there is much in the expression, but
after all, color and size may be mat
ter of individual choice, for we know
well, that,
"Those eyes are dearest all the While
Which wear for us the sweetest smile
DARK EYES.
Dark eyes are both beautiful and
dangerous. In their depths-the home
Of witchery-lurks many a spell.
Slumberous, dreamy orbs! Bewitch-
ing, gypsy eyes. They are the ones
that present to the observer, an ever
varying panorama. Forever chang
ing, like April weather, they may fash
with scorn, or darken with gloom, then
instantly melt with tenderness, or
languish with love; sparkle with mirth
one moment, sadden with grief the
next. They are very passionate eyes.
They may be the eyes of a beautiful
murderess, a fiend in human shape, but
they may also be the eyes of a very
dear friend, or loving sister.
Dark eyes, though kind and indul-
gent, are not to be triaed with. A
dark eyed man never ftrgives an en-
envy: A dark eyed woman never for
gets her first love.
Dark eyes may be calm and still as
a summer night, but beware an angry
word, and the storm cloud gathers.
Take care. there are lightning flashes
IN those eyes. They nay be placid as
a mountain lake but the strength is
there, latent though it be. Like vol
cano, they may slumber peacefully
and quietly, but the monotony of life
is disturbed by occasional flashes.